I completed my PhD in Psychology in 2023 at the University of Bolton, following an MSc in Health Psychology from the University of Derby in 2018. My first degree was in History, and I have an MBA from IMD Switzerland (1989). My PhD research investigated the health benefits of laughter, particularly the one-minute Laughie (Laugh Intentionally Everyday) laughter prescription that I conceived in 2017, and have been developing and testing since, including in earthquake survivors in Türkiye. Currently I am Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Bolton. Other research interests include the development of pragmatic autoethnography and positive autoethnography.